Heather's Heavenly Vapes - THE BIG THREAD (Part 6)

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TIP-O-THE DAY segment:

The remote control for my surround sound went funky on me a few years ago. Buttons would not work or were lethargic. Bought another one off ebay to replace it. I decided to take the old one completely apart. What a filthy mess it was on the inside. Disgusting! Cleaned the hell out of everything. Contact spray for the electrical stuff, soap n water for everything else. Put it all back together and it works like a champ again. :)

If you have a sick remote control, it can be fixed. Lemme know if you have the same problem. I subsequently found some vids on it I can shoot you. Not that hard.

I may have to perform surgery on my favorite keyboard. The "S" key quit working, and compressed air isn't helping it.

You never realize how much you use the "S" key until you don't have one.
 

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I may have to perform surgery on my favorite keyboard. The "S" key quit working, and compressed air isn't helping it.

You never realize how much you use the "S" key until you don't have one.
Yep, gotta have an 'S'. Life just isn't the same without it.
 

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I may have to perform surgery on my favorite keyboard. The "S" key quit working, and compressed air isn't helping it.

You never realize how much you use the "S" key until you don't have one.

welllll... you can revert back to colonial American English and use the f key ;)
 

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I may have to perform surgery on my favorite keyboard. The "S" key quit working, and compressed air isn't helping it.

You never realize how much you use the "S" key until you don't have one.

your favorite keyboard?? that means you have others? I think I see an easier solution ... ;)
 
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I may have to perform surgery on my favorite keyboard. The "S" key quit working, and compressed air isn't helping it.

You never realize how much you use the "S" key until you don't have one.

and one more thing.... you must have used another keyboard to type the post... the "S" key was working... :)
 

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Works great on scratchy volume knobs, buttons, and sliders. Worth a try. See if the knob pulls off so you can give it a good shot of cleaner.
Bronze, I watched a couple of videos on this, and it seemed a little complicated. I found a simple fix, and I didn't have to take the button off. I just tried this, and it worked. Actually I did this with the friction at various points on the button, just to make sure that friction worked at taking oxidation off. My radio was working, but the volume knob had lost a good deal of sensitivity. Now it works great, at least for now.
 

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Bronze, I watched a couple of videos on this, and it seemed a little complicated. I found a simple fix, and I didn't have to take the button off. I just tried this, and it worked. Actually I did this with the friction at various points on the button, just to make sure that friction worked at taking oxidation off. My radio was working, but the volume knob had lost a good deal of sensitivity. Now it works great, at least for now.


The K.I.S.S. principal strikes again! Love it!

Did you get a decent night’s sleep last night?
 

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Bronze, I watched a couple of videos on this, and it seemed a little complicated. I found a simple fix, and I didn't have to take the button off. I just tried this, and it worked. Actually I did this with the friction at various points on the button, just to make sure that friction worked at taking oxidation off. My radio was working, but the volume knob had lost a good deal of sensitivity. Now it works great, at least for now.

Cool! Good way to knock off the crud. It'll come back. Probably wont be too long either. At least you know what to do. The contact cleaner would wash away much of that crud and probably last longer. But you got yourself a solution. :)
 

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Yep, gotta have an 'S'. Life just isn't the same without it.
My N doesn’t work. I suppose what works for the S can work for the N. I’ll give it a shot tonight.

My pod arrived and I haven’t had time to even open the box. It’ll give me something to fiddle with post op :)
 

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and one more thing.... you must have used another keyboard to type the post... the "S" key was working... :)

The nonworking "S" key is on my keyboard at work. I typed this post from my home computer.

And, yes, I have multiple keyboards available to me at work. But the one that is wonky is a keyboard I bought years ago and it just feels more natural to me than the new ones. Like everything else in this world, the newer keyboards have been cheapened up to disposable status.

Did you know that some of the new keyboards don't have a CAPS LOCK light or indicator on them? Yep, that notification is controlled by software, which doesn't work with Windows 10. It's maddening. A 5 cent LED that's been on keyboards since the beginning of time.
 

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The nonworking "S" key is on my keyboard at work. I typed this post from my home computer.

And, yes, I have multiple keyboards available to me at work. But the one that is wonky is a keyboard I bought years ago and it just feels more natural to me than the new ones. Like everything else in this world, the newer keyboards have been cheapened up to disposable status.

Did you know that some of the new keyboards don't have a CAPS LOCK light or indicator on them? Yep, that notification is controlled by software, which doesn't work with Windows 10. It's maddening. A 5 cent LED that's been on keyboards since the beginning of time.

My beloved Logitech solar keyboard has no caps lock LED. It’s a 2011 or 2012 model. The one thing I don’t like about it. Some recent Win 10 update finally works with it. Startled me at first. “CAPS LOCK ON” appears for a few seconds, then fades away. And guess what? 9 out of 10 times I forget and start typing and it’s all in caps.

My new-ish laptop has no LED for caps lock either. Drives me crazy.

Only my good old MacBook Air from 2011 still has that LED.
 

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My N doesn’t work. I suppose what works for the S can work for the N. I’ll give it a shot tonight.

My pod arrived and I haven’t had time to even open the box. It’ll give me something to fiddle with post op :)

It’ll be the easiest fiddling you do! One caution though is that it might not be charged when you open it. Mine was, but not fully. Don’t forget to let the pod sit upright after you fill it the first time to soak the wick. 3 - 5 minutes should do it.
 

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